PT-2017-6871 · WordPress · Image Export Plugin

Larry W. Cashdollar + 1 · Published 2017-05-23 · Updated 2017-06-08 · CVE-2015-5609

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Image Export plugin version 1.1 for WordPress

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read and delete arbitrary files by providing a full pathname in the file parameter to the "download.php" endpoint.

Recommendations For Image Export plugin version 1.1, consider disabling the download.php functionality until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to the file parameter in the download.php endpoint to minimize the risk of arbitrary file reading and deletion.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-5609

Affected Products

Image Export Plugin

References · 5

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/21/1 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/10 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=135 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5609 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5609 · Note